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ADOS for girls?

Catlady31

Hi,  I'm looking for advice regarding the ADOS for my 11 year old through CAMHS.  My daughter has done this assessment but couldn't do a couple of the tasks, she just didn't do them, didn't say anything as she was not sure what to do.  I'm wondering if this will make any difference to the result?. Her school have not seen anything to suggest she is autistic.  She is also anxious and has selective mutism so I am worried how accurate this is going to be.  

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  • I had selective mutism as a child and it was taken as being supportive of an autism diagnosis - I was diagnosed as an adult. If the assessors are competent they will make allowances for anxiety, as about 90% of autistic people report problematic levels of anxiety. Inability to do sections of the assessment should not affect the outcome unduly as at your daughter's age a lot of the assessment is observational.

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  • I had selective mutism as a child and it was taken as being supportive of an autism diagnosis - I was diagnosed as an adult. If the assessors are competent they will make allowances for anxiety, as about 90% of autistic people report problematic levels of anxiety. Inability to do sections of the assessment should not affect the outcome unduly as at your daughter's age a lot of the assessment is observational.

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  • in reply to Martin

    Thank you.  The tasks she struggled with were making up and telling a story with items and she told me it was because with what she had, she couldn't make a story if that make sense.  The other task was telling and showing the lady how to brush her teeth but I'm guessing she didn't like talking much so didn't do this either.